Motif Of Light To Symbolize Power In Graham Brown By Graham Greene
Graham Greene uses the motif of light to symbolize power. One young boy Trevor, nicknamed T, took power in the gang over Blackie to plan on destroying Mr. Thomas’s house.
While the gang was destroying the house, T. found notes that he wanted to burn. The flame of the burning note only “illuminated his brooding face” (55). Only having T.’s face illuminate symbolized that T. had the power, and he was in charge of all of the destruction that the gang
“created.” While the burning note was a form of light “illuminating” power, natural light can be a sign that power is subsisting. “Streaks of light came in through the closed shutters where they worked with the seriousness of creatorsand destruction after all is a form of creation”
(55). The gang had a different mentality on what the meaning and drawback of destruction
While the gang was destroying the house, T. found notes that he wanted to burn. The flame of the burning note only “illuminated his brooding face” (55). Only having T.’s face illuminate symbolized that T. had the power, and he was in charge of all of the destruction that the gang
“created.” While the burning note was a form of light “illuminating” power, natural light can be a sign that power is subsisting. “Streaks of light came in through the closed shutters where they worked with the seriousness of creatorsand destruction after all is a form of creation”
(55). The gang had a different mentality on what the meaning and drawback of destruction